HCM City seeks ODA for traffic, environment projects

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VietnamNet English 1 week(s) ago

HCM City seeks ODA for traffic, environment projects

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCMC government is seeking official development assistance (ODA) for the second phase of the environmental hygiene project, the green traffic development project, and the sustainable urban development project for the Metro Line No. 2.

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Breakfast @ Tuoitrenews – June 5

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 2 week(s) ago

Breakfast @ Tuoitrenews – June 5

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More than 1,000 youths beautify the environment

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Báo QĐND English 2 week(s) ago

More than 1,000 youths beautify the environment

PANO – More than 1,000 youths and children in Ho Chi Minh City took part in the 100th Green Sunday and the 4th “Youths with the environment” festival organized by the city Youth Union on June 2nd.

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City releases thousands of fish into canals

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City releases thousands of fish into canals

The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on May 29 organized a ceremony to release about 205,000 fish into the Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe and Tau Hu-Ben Nghe Canals in response to ‘World Environment Day’ held every year on June 5.

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City fixes flood areas, but new ones emerge

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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago

City fixes flood areas, but new ones emerge

HCM City will not suffer serious flooding in the coming rainy season, a senior official says.

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HCMC hopes to have flooding under control by 2015

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HCMC hopes to have flooding under control by 2015

Ho Chi Minh City is targeting to resolve the perennial problem of flooding caused by rainwater and high tide in the central areas of the City by 2015.

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Anti-flooding projects effective in HCMC

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Anti-flooding projects effective in HCMC

Over the last few years, Ho Chi Minh City has put in place many effective measures to tackle the constant flooding caused by heavy rains and high tide in several parts of the City.

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World Bank to continue supporting Vietnam poverty fight

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Báo Thanh Niên English 1 month(s) ago

The World Bank would continue to help Vietnam reduce poverty with a focus on ethnic minorities, a bank official said Wednesday.

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Vietnam-global leader in reducing poverty: WB

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SaiGon GP English 1 month(s) ago

Vietnam-global leader in reducing poverty: WB

On his first visit to Vietnam, Axel van Trotsenburg, World Bank East Asia and Pacific Regional Vice President, congratulated Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on the country’s impressive success in reducing poverty.

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HCM City to build 4 new bridges

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Báo QĐND English 1 month(s) ago

HCM City to build 4 new bridges

The Prime Minister has just agreed for the Ho Chi Minh City Municipal People’s Committee to use US$ 36.7 million of capital from the project to upgrade urban infrastructure in the city, financed by the World Bank (WB), to build four new bridges.

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WB Vice President visits Vietnam

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VOV News English 1 month(s) ago 1 duplicate news

WB Vice President visits Vietnam

(VOV) -The World Bank East Asia and Pacific Regional Vice President, Axel van Trotsenburg, is paying an official visit to Vietnam from May 6-9.

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Community management essential for forests

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VietNam News English 2 month(s) ago

Only 2.2 per cent of the nation's total forest area are under community management, and a strong legal framework is needed to develop this model, participants said at seminar held in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue on Wednesday.

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Uncontrolled fishing in HCMC canals

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 2 month(s) ago

Scenes of rampant fishing by large numbers of anglers can be seen every day along the Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe and two other canals in Ho Chi Minh.

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Saving the fish

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Báo Thanh Niên English 2 month(s) ago

Saving the fish

Two men (L) fish at the Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Canal in Ho Chi Minh City. Once notorious for its pollution, a revival project has seen its waters turn from black to green over several months prompting the release of large numbers of fish into it. However, this has seen many residents fish regularly at the canal, prompting fears the recent gains in cleaning up the canal could be reversed.

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Minister asks WB for $2.45 bln loan for anti-flooding projects

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 3 month(s) ago

Minister asks WB for $2.45 bln loan for anti-flooding projects

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Cao Duc Phat, has suggested that the World Bank (WB) finance Ho Chi Minh City’s anti-inundation projects that will cost VND51 trillion (US$2.45 billion).

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